Chapter Seventy-Six: Life Has Hope
Feeling interesting must be the basis for sticking to one thing, which is either valuable or worthless, but for the subjective, it is a kind of self-redemption for the boring life.
What makes people's hearts flutter must be beautiful things, so Liu Fan was a little moved after seeing that woman, this kind of heartbeat has nothing to do with conquest, but more interesting, it is necessary to make ordinary life a little more interesting.
She said that she was going to find her, but in actual action, only the Zheng family was in a hurry, she wanted to know what the little lady's surname was, where she lived, and even whether she had met someone she liked yesterday, this thought had occupied her mind for a long time, so that the cotton seeds sent by the merchants of the Western Regions were not enough to make her happy.
When Tang Jian came to the door, Liu Fan had already prepared tea and cakes as entertainment, in fact, Datang's pastries were still good, with all kinds of flavors, but they didn't taste as good as cakes.
This is a rare enjoyment, and it is also a rare little sweetness in a life of poverty.
At the very least, the additions to cakes, such as white sugar, or bread, are being sold in a big way, which has become the most delicious food that has become popular recently.
Tang Jian is now fifty years old, his hair is snow-white, but his body is very strong, he can't see his old age, a pair of red phoenix eyes are very bright, he is sitting on the recliner at the moment, Liu Fan is by his side and smiles: "Tang Gong can taste this cake, it is sweet and crispy, and it melts in your mouth!" ”
"I've tasted it, it's really good, call uncle, you call Cheng biting gold and call uncle, how can you see the old man so raw!" Tang Jian said with a smile.
"You dare to go deep into the Turkic negotiations alone and obtain first-hand military information from the Turks, the kid doesn't dare to make a mistake in front of you!"
"Don't shoot the horses, look at this statue you made, but let Your Majesty laugh for many days, the horseshoe is also a good thing, and the Zhenguan plow is a good farm tool for the future, boy, what you do is not far behind the old man!" Tang Jian scolded with a smile.
The two of them blew each other for a while, and Tang Jian said with a straight face: "So far, Datang has not had such a big statue, especially about His Majesty, you have made a bad start, and in the future, the local government is only afraid that it will follow suit, and it is still the common people who suffer so much, the old man came today to characterize this statue, not to be used by people with intentions, and this kind of thing will have to be done less in the future, or even not done!" ”
Liu Fan said with some surprise: "Uncle Tang, this statue is made by the villagers to thank Your Majesty, not a flattering thing made by the kid to be grandiose, now the village is developing better and better, if it were not for Your Majesty, the village would not have developed like this, it is because of Your Majesty and officials like you that the village will flourish today, all this is just a little bit of the villagers' hearts!" ”
Tang Jian said with a smile: "Then you'd better remember your words today!" ”
Liu Fan smiled, Tang Jian got up from the recliner, stood up and yawned and said, "Comfortable, boy, do you want to come to Honglu Temple?" ”
Liu Fan suddenly said with a bitter face: "Forget it, the kid is so good, going to Honglu Temple will only add to the blockage!" ”
Tang Jian approached Liu Fan and said, "Really don't go?" The old man thinks you're quite suitable! ”
Liu Fan sneered: "Look at what you said, what is this Honglu Temple going to do, you look at Ha, where the leaders of various ethnic minorities or foreign envoys come to Beijing to see, Honglu Temple is responsible for distinguishing its superiority and inferiority, the number of banquets, whoever inherits the title, then distinguish its descendants, if there is a feudal order, then go to the canonization with the festival, people and tributary envoys from afar to the Tang Dynasty, responsible for welcoming and sending reception, tributary things, first count in the Honglu Temple, by the temple to assess its value, determine how much to give back items, where high-ranking officials die in Beijing, respectively, by the Qing, Shaoqing, Cheng on behalf of the government to pay tribute, and provide funeral tools, these things are not tired, and it is not easy to say that they are relaxed. ”
"The kid thought that the Honglu Temple should have sent someone to give the reward last time, but it was the Hushe people who came, but the kid didn't expect it."
Tang Jian sneered: "It's not suitable for this? It's not suitable to inquire so clearly, it's just you, come to Honglu Temple tomorrow to report, the old man is old, and he can't do it for many years, you don't go to Honglu Temple to hone in this kind of temperament, do you have to die of old age in the Imperial Medical Department? ”
Liu Fan smiled bitterly: "Is there still a choice?" ”
Tang Jian ordered Zheng to pack the cake, and then said to Liu Fan: "Tomorrow's report, there must be no mistakes!" ”
Liu Fan said helplessly: "But my family lives here, if I go to Honglu Temple, I will inevitably be late, and if this is the case for a long time, wouldn't it be a mess of the rules!" ”
Tang Jian thought about it and nodded: "Well, what you said is also right, since this is the case, then you should be one hour late, and one hour earlier when you are on duty, the old man is easy to speak!" ”
Watching Tang Jian leave, Liu Fan really vomited blood, this old guy is not good at talking, he has already made it clear that he doesn't want to go, or he was pushed up, he doesn't know what kind of official he can be in Honglu Temple, and he is still quite young now, what can he do if he goes to Honglu Temple? The best result is probably to give gifts to those nobles, or to fill the number of people at the time of memorial.
summoned Ma Zhou and Li Yifu, and asked for money, Li Yifu smiled instead: "Yes, Tang Gong is to protect you, and take the statue of the village as the credit of Honglu Temple, otherwise you will rush to push it out, I am afraid that it will affect the future of the company, everyone knows that you Liu Fan is a flattering person, and who will dare to be with you in the future!" ”
Ma Zhou also nodded and said: "Yes, Tang Gong is merciful, I don't want you to have sewage on your body, so I used such a method, it was really my lack of consideration at the beginning, I just wanted to let the village be known by more people, I didn't expect it to be self-defeating!" ”
are all young people, it is inevitable that they are a little thoughtful, but seeing the depression and jealousy between Li Yifu's eyebrows, Liu Fan is still surprised and understood, although Li Yifu has lived in the village for a long time, but he has much more ideas about entering the office than Ma Zhou and Liu Fan, and quick success and quick profit will be the biggest obstacle to his entry, so it is not enough to see it during the Li Shimin period, and it will not emerge until Li Zhi comes to power, and Ma Zhou has already entered the phase at that time, this is the gap.
Liu Fan just felt that it was a pity that he couldn't change the fate of others, and he couldn't let the comfortable village purify Li Yifu's thoughts.
The three of them had lunch together and went their separate ways, Liu Fan and Liu Jin learned the killing technique in the army, Liu Fan felt that one day in the future, he was estimated to be on the battlefield, and if he worked harder now, he would be sure to live for a while longer.